Louise Glaum scores another screen triumph in "Love, " the unique story from a scenario by Louis Joseph Vance which is the principal feature of this week's program at the Criterion theater, seldom has a more appealing or more revealing role been created for stage or screen. In "Love," Miss Glaum, as Natalie Storm, makes the greatest sacrifice in a woman's life. For the sake of a baby sister, she throws her own happiness into the discard and becomes the companion of a worthless rouge. While this situation is one that can be admired, there is a moral which is found in the purpose which dominates the action. There were two paths open to this young lady. Poverty and illness for her sister and herself or comfort and ease for the sister. Natalie chose the latter. In the end, however, truth finds the way and love conquers all. Miss Glaum has an exceptional role, one in which her full emotional powers are brought into being, and never before has she appeared to better advantage.

Natalie Storm, a young woman struggling to support her mother and little sister through sweatshop labor, sees her mother die and her sister suffer for want of proper food and surroundings. This forces her to reject the proposal of Tom Chandler, a self-educated mining engineer, who then sets out for South America to make his fortune. To save her sister, Natalie becomes the mistress of Wall Street magnate Alvin Dunning, until he publicly humiliates her and she determines to free herself. Meanwhile, Chandler returns after having discovered a copper mine in South America. Invited to a party at the Dunning house, he meets Natalie as Dunning's mistress and, heartbroken, abruptly departs. Natalie, by now desperate, obtains a lucky stock tip that enables her to finally break with Dunning. Seeking her out, Dunning attempts to force her to return to him, and in a wild car ride, he is killed and Natalie severly injured. Upon opening her eyes after the crash, she sees Tom standing over her, and the lovers are reconciled.